THE PLAYERS
RUSSIAN PMCs
- Limited Liability Company Private Security Organization Gazpromneft Okhrana (Okhrana) is being designated pursuant to section 1(a)(vii) for being owned or controlled by, or for having acted or purported to act for or on behalf of, directly or indirectly, the Government of the Russian Federation. Okhrana is a security company established by PJSC Gazprom, which is subject to Directive 4 under E.O. 13662 and Directive 3 under E.O. 14024.
- Limited Liability Company Vega Strategic Services (PMC Vega) is being designated pursuant to section 1(a)(i) for operating or having operated in the defense and related materiel sector of the Russian Federation economy. PMC Vega is a Russian private military company that has operated in Syria and Venezuela.
Anatoliy Anatolievich Smolin is the publicly identified leader of PMC Vega and is being designated pursuant to section 1(a)(iii)(C) for being or having been a leader, official, senior executive officer, or member of the board of directors of PMC Vega, an entity whose property and interests in property are blocked. - IRBIS SKY TECH is being designated pursuant to section 1(a)(i) for operating or having operated in the defense and related materiel sector of the Russian Federation economy. IRBIS SKY TECH is a Russian unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) production and development company. IRBIS SKY TECH UAVs are utilized in combat by Russian Armed Forces in Ukraine.
- Igor Mikhailovich Stramilov (Stramilov) is being designated pursuant to section 1(a)(i) for operating or having operated in the defense and related materiel sector of the Russian Federation economy. Stramilov is the founder and ultimate owner of PMC Vega. Stramilov is involved in the supply of combat UAVs and other military equipment for the Russian Armed Forces, as well as their performance on the battlefield in Ukraine.
- Limited Liability Company Legion is a private security company owned by Stramilov.
- Limited Liability Company Legat is a private security company owned by Stramilov.